''Emma'' was a six-part TV serial adaptation of Jane Austen's 1815 novel '' Emma'' by BBC Television that was broadcast in 1972. It was directed by John Glenister. This dramatization brings to life the wit and humour of Jane Austen's arguably finest novel ''Emma'', recreating her most irritatingly endearing female character, of whom she wrote "no one but myself could like." Emma presides over the small provincial world of Highbury with enthusiasm, but she will find that it is all too easy to confuse good intentions with self-gratification. The often insensitive, well-meaning, incorrigible Emma Woodhouse having engineered the marriage of governess, companion and friend Miss Taylor, now turns her attention towards making a match for Mr Elton, the local vicar, and her new protégée Harriet Smith. Her one voice of reason and restraint is Mr Knightley, who has known her since she was a child and who watches her behaviour with wry amusement and sometimes with real anger.

Cast and crew

Doran Godwin Doran Godwin (born 18 May 1944) is a British actress. Godwin has appeared extensively on both TV and in the theatre. She is mainly known for her roles as Erica Bayliss in the TV detective series '' Shoestring'' and as Philippa Yeates in '' The I ...

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Emma Woodhouse Emma Woodhouse is the 21-year-old protagonist of Jane Austen's 1815 novel '' Emma''. She is described in the novel's opening sentence as "handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and a happy disposition... and had lived nearly twenty- ...

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George Knightley George Knightley is a principal character depicted by Jane Austen in her novel '' Emma'', published in 1815. He is a landowner and gentleman farmer, though "having little spare money". A lifetime friend of Emma's, though nearly seventeen years ...

Donald Eccles Donald Eccles (26 April 1908 – 2 February 1986) was a British character actor. Donald Yarrow Eccles was born in Nafferton, Yorkshire on 26 April 1908 the son of Charles Henry and Constance Eccles; his father was a doctor. Eccles was educated ...

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Miss Bates Miss Bates is a supporting character in Jane Austen's 1815 novel '' Emma''. Genteel but poor, and a compulsive talker, she is memorably insulted on one occasion by the book's heroine, to the latter's almost immediate remorse. Background Living in ...

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Fiona Walker Fiona Walker (born 24 May 1944) is an English actress, known for numerous theatre and television roles between the 1960s and 1990s. An early leading role was as Sue Bridehead in a BBC television production of ''Jude the Obscure'' (1971). She ma ...

– Mrs Elton * Timothy Peters – Mr Elton * Debbie Bowen – Harriet Smith *

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– Robert Martin *

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– Mrs Bates *

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– Williams * Amber Thomas – Patty *

Hilda Fenemore Hilda Lilian Fenemore (22 April 1914 – 13 April 2004) was an English actress with a prolific career in film and television from the 1940s to the 1990s. Fenemore played mainly supporting roles which were characterised in her obituary in ''The ...

– Mrs Cole *

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– Isabella Knightley * John Kelland – John Knightley *

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, Emma Horton – The Knightley Children *

Mollie Sugden Mary Isobel Sugden (21 July 19221 July 2009), known professionally as Mollie Sugden was an English actress. She was best known for being an original cast member in the British sitcom '' Are You Being Served?'' (1972–1985) as senior saleswoman ...

– Mrs Goddard * Lala Lloyd – Mrs Ford * Marian Tanner – Betty Bickerton * Sam Williams – Gypsy Boy *

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, David Butt, Christopher Green – Musicians

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* 1972 British television series debuts 1972 British television series endings Television series based on Emma (novel) Television shows set in England Costume drama television series BBC television dramas 1970s British drama television series 1970s British television miniseries Television series set in the 19th century English-language television shows 1970s British romance television series {{BBC-tv-prog-stub